Tried and Tested: Playmobil Native American Superset

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I was able to get some really great deals during the Black Friday sale. One of which is the Playmobil Native American Superset.  As I mentioned earlier this month, Playmobil is one of the open-ended toys that we love and consider “educational” due to its historical figures and environment.  This Playmobil set will be perfect for our American history study next year.

What’s inside?

As you can see, the packaging and organization of the items are very much similar to LEGO’s.  The contents are packed into separate plastics just like LEGO.  Just be careful when you open them as some accessories are too small (well, not as small as LEGO).  I like the Playmobil boxes, they are sturdy and can be reused as storage boxes. 

Though it comes with an instruction pamphlet, Mavi still needs assistance setting up the environment.  Assembling the environment can be sometimes tricky, thus an adult’s assistance is needed just to be sure.  But I love the Playmobil environments!  They are not easily detached or broken.  Most of it comes with a base which gives the child a real feel of the environment. Our Native American set is perfect for habitat tubs as well (with extra materials of course!).

The Setup

How beautiful! You can’t have a toy that’s as detailed as this these days and that depicts the life of Native Americans!  The attention to details of Playmobil is totally impressive! 

Mavi decided to paint a backdrop and this is how it looked like.  The playset comes with a totem pole, a beautiful teepee, plants, tree, a horse and a beautiful canoe.

It has 3 native american figures: a tribe chief, and two members.  Look at those bodypaints and the details of the costumes.  They come with accessories too!

I love that they have a tribe chief, and his headdress is super cool!  Mavi was like “so they made that with feathers? I’d like to have one!”  He has his own staff with feathers to signify his status in the tribe, and the figures sit well on the horse.

Vito’s favourite is the canoe and he loves playing with it while singing the “Row row row your boat” song.  My husband thinks that the best item in this set is the canoe, the shape and the design is totally awesome!

The figures snap on the canoe, brilliant!

And look at the teepee…  the artwork is impressive.  It is made up of a cloth-like material, which I can guarantee you that it won’t get ripped easily. It is securely fastened in the bars, though it was a bear to assemble it.  I was thinking that we can design our own teepee int he future, using the existing teepee as a pattern. Another amazing activity for the kids!

Here’s Vito playing, I took this picture with Mavi in school.  I couldn’t get a descent photo when both boys are playing.

I’m naming and identying ALL  the objects in this set for his vocabulary and here he is enjoying the word “skull”.

He calls this figure “Daddy”.

The Verdict

I highly recommend this Playmobil set! It also comes with a lot of accessories like pipe, bow and arrow, oars, head dresses, bonfire, shield and a lot more!  The material is just exceptional!